Oscar Levant

Personal Info

Birthday

December 27, 1906

Day of Death

1972-08-14

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Oscar Levant

Biography

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.

Known For

An American in Paris

The Band Wagon

O. Henry's Full House

The Barkleys of Broadway

Romance on the High Seas

Rhapsody in Blue

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment! III

Filmography

2010
Public Speaking
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1991
The Fred Astaire Songbook
as Self (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1955
The Cobweb
as Mr. Capp
1953
The Band Wagon
as Lester Marton
The I Don't Care Girl
as Charles Bennett
1952
O. Henry's Full House
as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
1951
An American in Paris
as Adam Cook
1949
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Ezra Millar
1948
Romance on the High Seas
as Oscar Farrar
You Were Meant for Me
as Oscar Hoffman
1947
Humoresque
as Sid Jeffers
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
as Oscar Levant
1941
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Dick Rayburn
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
as Self - Panelist
1940
Information Please Series 2, No. 2
as Self - Resident Expert
Rhythm on the River
as Billy Starbuck
Information Please: Series 1, No. 10
as Himself - Resident Panel Expert
1939
Information Please: Series 1, No. 1
as Himself - Panelist
1929
Night Parade
as Ann Pennington's Piano Accompanist
The Dance of Life
as Jerry Evans
1923
Ben Bernie and All the Lads
as Himself